HISTORY
HISTORY
In 2006 Ladislav Kossár bought a bracelet for one thousand crowns from children living in a children’s home. He visited the children’s home and asked: “How can I help you?“
The answer was simple:
“Find a way for these children to spend their free time away from the children’s home.“
hat’s how the BUDDY story started.
2006
WILLINGNESS TO HELP CHILDREN
- founder buys a bracelet
- BUDDY program began as a summer camp called “4 elements”
- establishment of civic association
- voluntary team
2010
DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN’S SKILLS
- education focused on children’s skills, preparation for independence (tutoring IT, finance, work, communication)
- weekend program with experiential and life skills learning
- first business partnerships
- first employee
2014
WE FIGURED IT OUT
- 8 years passed from founding the organisation and we understood the need for and strength of an individual approach
- implementing principles of attachment theory
- we stop direct work with children and start our pr
- ofessional cooperation with volunteers as agents of change
- 3 BUDDY pairs emerge organically
- 3 workers
2016 - 2018
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONALISATION
- the focus of the program is creating relationships, selection, education and support of the volunteers by coordinators (psychologists)
- professionalisation of the organisation
- focusing on impact and quality measurement
- sustainability strategy
- 10 workers
2019
STABILISATION AND PREPARATION FOR GROWTH
- strengthening the team and sustaining the quality of the program
- new child protection policy
- first local volunteer recruitment campaign
- fundraising and marketing strategy definition
- 13 workers